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All Episodes

Video Game History Hour — 161 episodes

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Episode 159: Q1 & Q2 Update

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Episode 158: What’s Your Deal, Willem Hilhorst?

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Episode 157: Our Library Practices

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Episode 156: Read Only Memo

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Episode 155: What’s Your Deal, Lindsey Kurano?

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Episode 154: Sega in the 90’s: An Economic Post-Mortem

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Episode 153: Sega Channel

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Episode 152: Japanese Mobile Game Preservation

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Episode 151: Games Preservation at MIT Museum

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Episode 150: VGHF Founding Retrospective

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Episode 149: Jeremy Parish Works

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Episode 148: Wrapping Up 2025

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Episode 147: H.E.R.O.

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Episode 146: A Monograph of Todd Howard

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Episode 145: The 40th Anniversary of the NES: A PRGE Panel

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Episode 144: Phil Salvador - A Rule-Following Hooligan

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Episode 143: The Andrew Nelson Collection

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Episode 142: October Update

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Episode 141: Hidden Advertising of Feminine Games

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Episode 140: The 49 Ways of Sinistar

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Episode 139: Phoenix: The Rise of Leonard Herman

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Episode 138: Playing Faceball 2000 With 15 of Your Closest Friends

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Episode 137: Computer Entertainer

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Episode 136: Halfway Through 2025: A Mid-Year Update

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Episode 135: Baldur’s Gate 3’s Lawrence Schick and His Decades of Work in Game Development

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Episode 134: Preservation Work Inside the University of Michigan Library Computer and Video Game Archive

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Episode 133: Spyro the Dragon artist Craig Stitt talks Sega and Insomniac

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Episode 132: Croc Remaster

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Episode 131: Flitman Collection

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Episode 130: Spycraft

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Episode 129: Powerhouse Chloe Appleby

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Episode 128: DMCA 2024 Copyright Ruling

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Episode 127: Sarge’s Heroes

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Episode 126: A Fireside Chat with Gail Tilden

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Episode 125: ROMchip, What’s Next?

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Episode 124: Digital Library Launch

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Episode 123: GamePro Magazine Collection

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Episode 121: Exploring the Cyan Vault

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Episode 120: Nintendo's Virtual Boy

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Season Two Announcement

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Holiday Update & Winter Fundraiser

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The Future of the Show

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Ep. 119: Karateka

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Ep. 118: Noclip Game History Archive

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Ep. 117: Nintendo Knitting Machine

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Ep. 116: The First CD-ROM Game

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Ep. 115 - Travis Brown

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Ep. 112: Getting Personal with Frank Cifaldi

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Ep. 111: The World of Nintendo Book

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Ep. 110: Minesweeper

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Bonus Episode: Game Preservation is a House of Cards

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Ep. 108: Preserving the Nintendo eShop

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Ep. 107: Planning for Death

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Ep. 106: Budcat Creations

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Ep. 105: The D.I.C.E. Summit

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Ep. 104: Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?

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Ep. 103: The Legend of Zelda Cartoon

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Ep. 102: Preservation: How Do I Start?

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Ep. 101: Super Mario Kart

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Ep. 100: CELEBRATE!

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Ep. 99: 9/9/99 - Launching the Dreamcast (Again)

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Ep. 98: The Sacred Pools

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Ep. 97: Club Penguin

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We Need Your Memories!

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Ep. 96: Margot Comstock - “The Glue” of the Early Apple II Era

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Ep. 95: PRGE 2022 Post-Mortem (Don’t worry, it’s very alive!)

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Ep. 94: Magnavox: The Great Voice

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Ep. 93: Street Fighter II: What’s in a Name?

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Ep. 92: SharkWire Online

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Ep. 91: Life Before Final Fantasy VII

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Ep. 90: Colossal Cave Adventure with Roberta Williams

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Ep. 89: Why Toonstruck Struck Out

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Ep. 88: Intellivision Launch

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Ep. 87: P.R.E.S.T.A.V.B.A: Text-Based Resistance

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Ep. 86: Super Mario World

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Ep. 85: Video Game Libraries

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Ep. 84: The Zeebo

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Ep. 83: Mario Artist Paint Studio

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Fewer, Better, Super, Stronger

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Ep. 82: MOTHER 3 for Nintendo 64

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Ep. 81: Ghosts ‘N Goblins… ’N Ghouls… ’N Demons

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Ep. 80: The Strong National Museum of Play

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Ep. 79: Nintendo’s Page Boy

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Ep. 78: Fan Culture Through Final Fantasy V

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Ep. 77: A Life of Game Design: Noah Falstein

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Ep. 76: C:\>QBASIC /run GORILLA.BAS

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Ep. 75: Nintendo Power Reunion

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Ep. 74: Pokémon’s Translator: Nob Ogasawara

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Ep. 73: What is Source Code?

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Ep. 72: Happy 5th Birthday!

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Ep. 71: Meet Our New Library Director!

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Ep. 70: Perfect Dark: Spiritual Sequel to GoldenEye 007

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Ep. 69: The Simpsons: Road Rage

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Ep. 68: Fairchild Channel F

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Ep. 67: NES Light Guns

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Ep. 66: The Grand Theft Auto Evolution

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Ep. 65: Preservation: Institutional vs. Non

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Ep. 64: Q&A and Closing Out 2021

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Ep. 63: Magazine Preservation

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Ep. 62: Super Smash Bros.

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Ep. 61: Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom

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Ep. 60: Computer Space

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Ep. 59: DMCA Exemption Ruling

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Ep. 58: FEMICOM Museum

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Ep. 57: Hit Save!

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Ep. 56: Nintendo in Italy

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Ep. 55: Pac-Man

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Ep. 54: Kaizo Mario

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Ep. 53: X-Rated Atari Games

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Ep. 52: Star Fox Command

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Ep. 51: U-Force - For Experienced Players Only

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Ep. 50: Prototypes

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Ep. 49: LucasArts’ The Dig Dug Its Own Grave

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Ep. 47: Final Break and David L. Craddock

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Ep. 46: Continued Break and Alex Smith

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Ep. 45: Short Break & Bonus Content with Ben Hanson

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Ep. 44: LGR on Unreal Tournament

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Ep. 43: Preservation Efforts

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Ep. 42: Neo Geo, Worth Its Weight in Gold

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Ep. 41: Exploring Stellar Track (Star Trek)

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Ep. 40: That’s 2021 Halfway, So Now It’s Time for Q&A

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Ep. 39: Tex Murphy, P.I. Solves the Case of the Missing Production Tapes

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Ep. 38: The Sega Mega Modem Saga

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Ep. 37: Nokia's Disengaged N-Gage

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Ep. 36: Jurassic Park: Trespasser - A Triceriflop

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Ep. 35: The Dreaded Age Rating

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Ep. 34: The CRPG Book

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Ep. 33: Microsoft Game Studios: The Xbox Prequel

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Ep. 32: Darkwatch with Eric Switzer

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Ep. 31: Spacewar!: Dual to the Death

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Ep. 30: Bejeweled: A Match 3 Made in Heaven

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Ep. 29: Chronological + Nintendo = Chrontendo

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Ep. 28: Get in, Loser. We’re talking Mean Girls with Raven Simone

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Ep. 27: The Lost (at Sea) Monkey Island Movie with Jack Yarwood

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Ep. 26: MAME: The Eternally Unfinished Research Project with David Haywood

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Ep. 25: Dueling in Wild Gunman ‘74 with Kate Willaert

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Ep. 24: Reliving Nintendo Soundtracks with The Brickster

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Ep. 23: Working on Donkey Kong Country and Dinosaur Planet with Kev Bayliss & David Wise

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Ep. 22: Remembering Atari with Howard Scott Warshaw

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Ep. 21: Mother to Earth Documentary with Bones

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Ep. 20: Text Adventure Gemstone III with Liz Landau

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Ep. 19: Game Preservation Society's Geimu Documentary Series

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Ep. 18: The Lost Power-Up Baseball with Brian Smolik

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Ep. 17: Dear Animal Crossing Diary with The National Videogame Museum, UK

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Ep. 16: The Elusive WorkBoy with Liam Robertson

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Ep. 15: Speedrunning Around with Summoning Salt

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Ep. 14: Alex Smith Discusses They Create Worlds

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Ep. 13: Living Atari’s History with Kevin Bunch

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Ep. 12: Thank You to Our Listeners and Q & A

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Ep. 11: SimRefinery Simulated by a Refined Phil Salvador

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Ep. 10: Nintendo’s Gunpei Yokoi’s History with Matt Alt

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Ep. 9: Midway Games, as seen by Josh Tsui

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Ep. 8: Sid Meier’s Episode of the Video Game History Hour!

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Ep. 7: Donkey Kong came to the Atari 2600 thanks to Garry Kitchen

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Ep. 6 Pete Armour and the SCUMM of Monkey Island

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Ep. 5 Ben Hanson travels the roguelike Oregon Trail

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Ep. 4 Elijah Lee Finds the First Black Female Game Designer

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Ep. 3 Ally McLean’s “Barbie As Rapunzel” Journey

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Ep. 2 Matt Leone and Street Fighter 1: An oral history

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Ep. 1 Norman Caruso and The Story of Mario Paint

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